Apparatus for distributing oil on seas



Patented Oct. 12, 1886.

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FRANCIS D. MONTAGUE, OF MILFORD,

PATENT OFFICE.

ASSIGNOR OF ONE HALF TO GEORGE DRAPER & SONS, OF HOPEDALE, MASSACHUSETTS.

APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING OIL ON SEAS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,889, dated October 12, 1886.

Applicalion filed April 12, 1886. Serial No. 198,537. No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that l, FRANCIS D. MoN'rAGUE, of Milford, county of Worcester, and State of Massachusettshave invented an improvement in Apparatus for Distributing Oil on Seas, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object to construct a floating distributer or buoy which may be employed, as occasion may require, to distribute oil over the surface of water in agitation.

The distributer in this instance consists of a 1 shell having a division-wall, to thus form two compartments, one of which is closed to form a chamber, which may be filled with air, gas, cork chips, or similar buoyant material, or the air contained therein may be exhausted, to thereby give to the distributer sufficie-nt buoyancy, while the other compartment has perforated side walls, to permit the oil forced into the said compartment by means of any suitable forcepump to freely escape, and be thereby distributed over the surface of the Water.

The distributors herein to be described may be anchored at certain dangerous places about a light-house or near the shore, and a tube lead from the light-house or shore, through which oil may be forced into the distributer by any suitable force-pump; or, if desired. the distributer may be carried upon a vessel, to be thrown overboard when necessary, and oil forced therein by a force-pump located upon the vessel, as in my Patent N 0. 335,085, to which reference may be had.

Figure 1 shows a vertical section of a buoy or distributer embodying this invention, and Fig. 2 a side elevation of a distributer having a keel.

The distributer consists of a hemispherical shell or case, a, and a conical shell or case, I), joined together, but divided by a divisionwall or diaphragm, c, screwed or otherwise secured within the shell a, while the conical shell I; has an annular lip or flange, b, at the junction with the shell a to efifect a tight joint.

The shell a and division-wall a form a chamber,which may be filled with air, compressed air, cork chips, or other buoyant material; or,

if desired, the air contained therein may be exhausted to give to the distributer sufficient buoyancy, a clack-valve, c, controlling the passage through which the air passes, and a screwcap, 0", being provided to fit over upon the nipple 0 containing the air-passage, thus tightly closing the said passage and preventing the nipple from becoming injured.

The distributer, made buoyant as described, is anchored at any desired point off shore or near alight-house,where the sea is occasionally excessively dangerous, and a tube, 6, attached to the conical shell b, leads to the shore, or to some safe or convenient stationary place, where a force-pump may be located to force oil through the tube 6 into the conical shell b. The side Walls of the shell I) are perforated, as at If, to permit the oil entering the said shell to escape and float upon the surface of the wa- 7c, ter. 1n this embodiment of my invention the buoy or distributer is or may be permanently located at different points, and when desired the forcepump (not shown) may be operated, and oil thereby distributed over the sur- 7 5 face of the water.

Referring to Fig. 2, a modified form of buoy or distributer is shown, which is more especially designed to be carried on board a vessel, and thrown overboard when necessary, similar to that described in my patent heretofore referred to. Each shell in this latter in stance is of conical shape, as at m m, and separated by a division-wall, m (shown by dotted lines,) while a tube, m is connected with the perforated shell m, and to any suitable forcepump located upon the vessel, through which the oil may be forced.

The distributer is provided with a suitable keel, k, to prevent rolling.

It is obvious that the division-wall in either instance of my invention may be placed at any angle to cause the buoy to normally lie at any desired position, vertically or horizontally.

It is also obvious that the modification shown in Fig. 2 may be employed similar to that shown in Fig. l, the force-pump being located uponthe shore or other stationary point, and also that the distributer shown in Fig. 1 may be employed as described with relation to I 0 Fig. 2, to be thrown overboard, and the forcepump located upon the vessel.

I claim- 4. In an apparatus for distributing oil over the surface of water, the distributer consisting of two shells joined together, and a divis- 1. In an apparatus for distributing oil over i ion-wall located at their junction, one of the the surface of water, a floating distributer consisting of a case containing two compartments, one of which serves as the buoyant chamber, while the other is perforated and receives and distributes the oil, combined with a supplytube by which said perforated compartment receives oil, substantially as described.

2. In an apparatus for distributing oil over the surface of water, the floating distributer having buoyant and oil-distributing conipartments, combined with the supply-tube connected with the oil-distributing compartment, through which oilis caused to flow, substantially as described.

3. In an apparatus for distributing oil over the surface of water, the floating distributer said shells having a valve to control the passage thereto,while the other shell is perforated, combined with a supply-tube connected with the perforated shell or compartment, all sub stantially as described.

5. In an apparatus for distributing oil over the surface of water, the floating distributer having buoyant and oil-distributing compartments, combined with the supply-tube connected with the oil-distributing compartment and keel, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof Ihave signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANCIS D. MONIAGUE.

\Vitnesses: I

J. E. WALKER, G. B. WETHERBY. 

